The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-03-17

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Pork advanced nine dollars per bar
!, rel in three and one-half months il
: Chicago. Who says the hog isn't king
THE unwelcome fact is that spectators
and not our worthy farmers, make tn,
money.
The Irene Taylor Company tina
gives two entertainments in Eaton
Friday and Saturday evenings, is frs,
class in every respect and all who q
win more than receive the price of adj
mission in the performance of the com.
pany.
A good recommendation for Cram.
Family Atlas of the World, is that ovel
five hundred copies have been sold in
this county. The agent will be here
only until April LIST. Call or address
: C.S. Lippincott, Eagle Hotel, Eaton
Mrs. Flora d. Bell, wife of DIR. Allen
i Bell, and daughterof I. j. Bunch, died
at Freeport, Kansas, on the 9th inst.
Mot quite a year ago Miss Bunch was
married at the home of her parents
south Of Eaton, and left for Kansas, the
picture of health, full of hope with a
bright prospect of a long life.
Professor orion says that he regards
"the Ohio natural gas and oil field as
the most wonderful field in the world -
and believes that 'swhen investigations
are pushed it will be found to be the
largest and most profitable field" And
we have no doubt it can be found in
this locality if thoroughly investigated
flor.
The custom of running into unneces-
sary and ~burdensome expense at funer-
ais is receiving the condemnation of
pulpit and press. Very often people,
on the occasion of a death in the fami-
ly, forget the needs of the living in
their thoughts of the dead, when If the
dead could speak, the unjust discrimi-
nation would be sensibly rebuked.
Call and examine our Lead or Chain
Harness. See the quality of the stock
and the workmanship on same.
DININGER q WATSON,
Star Harness Shop, Eaton, o.
Mrs. r. Grouse wishes to inform her
many friends, both old and new, that
In another week she will have on hand
a large stock of new and attractive
Millinery, as well as Ladies' Furnish
ing Goods, Notions, Glassware, &C.,
1t will be to your interest to call and
examine her stock before buying else
where. She will be found at Crouse's
Bazaar, two doors south Of the Eagle
Hotel.
Everybody knows the type Of character
best described as "the kicker" He isn't q
rough or noisy man; you find him in the best
hotels. But nothing satisfies him. Quietly |
he growls at everything. If he gets q gold
dollar he complains because it wasn't q bill. |
This type Mr.. Hopt has made 4 careful study |
of for bis new plav, "a Hole in the Ground
which Hoyt and Thomas are soon to produce,
and for which their business manager, Frank |
Mckee, is now making final arrangements"
"a Hole in the Ground' will be at
Heucks Opera House, Sunday, March
9th. 1t is the best thing out. You
should not miss it. Go down on the ex-
cursion.
Our young friend and former citizen
of Eaton, George p. Early, opens a
large dry goods establishment in the
city of Cambridge, Ind, on the 26th
inst. Mr.. Early is a young man of in
dustry and perseverance, excellent bu-
siness qualifications and strictly hon.
est in his dealings, and we have no
- -secure for the firm that have
\Vsrvices a large and luora-
E-AAlin the stirring Hoosier city
of Cambridge.
While Dolph. Stipher was cleaning
out the public vault last Friday night,
a few young kids who had better been
at home under the eyes of their parents,
kept cavorting around the opening,
when in popped over head and ears the
little SON of Nose Thompson. He was
fished out in a very unsavory condition
and just in time to save him from a hor-
rible death. He received a new suit of
clothes as a reward, but you can bet
your last nickel he'll give all such work
a wide berth in the future.
The Toledo BEE, interviewing a gas
and oil expert, he says that it is a mis-
taken idea that gas and oil is not found
below the level of the sea. He SAYS.
the deeper down a well is bored the bet
ter the gas Or oil. This knocks the the
DRY of Prof. Orion higher than a kite
again, who says it is useless to go be-
low salt water. We would like to see
the two Eaton wells put down deeper,
so that they may be thoroughly tested.
Will some of our. citizens who have the
means to spare step out and investigate
the enterprise.
The G. II. C D. R'y will sell excur-
sion tickets to points in Florida at half
fare. Going via c. N. o. & T. P. R'y,
every Tuesday in March, and via the
L. & N. every Wednesday in March,
Tickets good for 80 days. Inquire at
ticket office for information.
An exchange says to make a town it
requires grit, push, vim, energy, church,
es, schools, morality, harmony, adver-
Using, cordiality, cheap property, heal
thy location, talk about it, speak well
about it, advertise in and read the town
papers, patronize it's merchants, faith
exhibited by good works, honest COM
petition in business, help all the public
enterprises, elect good men to office,
speak well of its public spirited, enter
prising citizens, and be one of them
yourself, remember that is that much
on interest, always cheer on the men
who go in for improvements.
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